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Students, labour, academics: Growing Canadian solidarity with Palestine by David Heap
This article was published on rabble.ca on May 19, 2011. Events across Canada underline the growing concern on and around Canadian campuses for issues relating to Palestine and in particular, around Palestinian academics and labour unions. From May 18 to June 2, Dr. Amjad Barham, president of the Palestinian Federation of Unions of University Professors […]
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“Damning” report on University of Johannesburg’s relations with Israel’s Ben-Gurion University
Today, a fact-finding report commissioned on the University of Johannesburg”s relationship with Israel”s Ben-Gurion University (BGU) was released. The report, titled, “The UJ-BGU Report”, is attached to this media release and can be accessed at www.ujpetition.com. The UJ-BGU Report reveals “damning” evidence of BGU”s active collaboration with the Israeli military, its discriminatory practices, contributions to human […]
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University of Johannesburg: Cancel Relationship with Ben-Gurion University!
International academics are invited to sign the petition from the University of Johannesburg, calling for an end to the university’s relationship with Ben-Gurion University(www.ujpetition.com). The UJ Petition was initiated late last year by South African academics, who have now asked for international support. USACBI has endorsed this petition, has has PACBI, COSATU (the Congress of South […]
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ASU students protest study abroad in Israel program
The following article was written by Arizona State University student Oday Shahin, and published in the State Press, ASU’s student newspaper. Study abroad program sends wrong message By Oday Shahin October 10, 2010 at 5:33 pm ASU”s Study Abroad Office announced an Israel study abroad program in conjunction with Ben-Gurion University last month. However, a partnership […]
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USACBI on Professor Lisa Taraki’s US Visit
The U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel [USACBI] is proud to host Professor Lisa Taraki during her tour of the United States. In addition to her academic work as a sociologist at Birzeit University in Palestine on aspects of Palestinian society, politics and urban social history, she has been an activist […]
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Propaganda and Israel/Palestine: The War is On
Poor CAMERA…so victimized, so lonely. Tell the President and Provost of Boston University you are alarmed that they are welcoming a group of apologists for Israeli war crimes!
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PRESS RELEASE – SA UNIVERSITY: Conditional termination with Israeli institution
29 September 2010 This afternoon, after what was described as a “most tense” Senate meeting, UJ”s highest academic body voted to conditionally end its Apartheid-era relationship with Ben-Gurion University (BGU). A fact-finding investigation conducted by the University confirmed BGU”s links with the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) and complicity in the Israeli occupation. Against the backdrop […]
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More varsities check Israel links
DAVID MACFARLANE | JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – Oct 01 2010 09:47 Major South African universities began looking into their own ties with Israeli universities within hours of the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) decision on Wednesday night to terminate its links with Ben-Gurion University unless it fulfils, within six months, two conditions UJ has specified. After […]
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PSA PRESS RELEASE: UJ Takes Historic Decision to Boycott Israeli Institution &UP holds debate on Academic Freedom
ISSUED BY THE PALESTINE SOLIDARITY ALLIANCE-Today, Wednesday, 29 September 2010, the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) highest academic body voted to conditionally terminate its partnership agreement with Israel’s Ben-Gurion University (BGU). The decision, made at UJ’s Soweto campus, stands as a historic first step in refusing institutional affiliations between South African universities and Israeli institutions that […]
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SAfrica school rethinks Israel ties
University of Johannesburg threatens to sever ties with Israeli Ben-Gurion University if certain conditions are not met. Azad Essa Last Modified: 30 Sep 2010 01:21 GMT The South African University of Johannesburg (UJ) senate has threatened to end its relationship with the Israeli university, Ben-Gurion (BGU), unless certain conditions are met. In a statement released […]
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